Business & Technical Analysts, SAP SCM

Do you want to be part of an inclusive team that works to develop innovative therapies for patients? Every day, we are driven to develop and deliver innovative and effective new medicines to patients and physicians. If you want to be part of this exciting work, you belong at Astellas!

Astellas Pharma Inc. is a pharmaceutical company conducting business in more than 70 countries around the world. We are committed to turning innovative science into medical solutions that bring value and hope to patients and their families. Keeping our focus on addressing unmet medical needs and conducting our business with ethics and integrity enables us to improve the health of people throughout the world. For more information on Astellas, please visit our website at www.astellas.com .

This is a remote position and is based in India. Remote work from certain states may be permitted in accordance with Astellas’ Responsible Flexibility Guidelines. Candidates interested in remote work are encouraged to apply.

Purpose and Scope:

As an individual contributor of a team of individuals in a specific area of digital expertise, you will be a crucial player in driving our digital initiatives forward in our agile organization. Our agile operating model consists of two components – Digital Capability and Digital Execution. Digital Execution is about aligning multiple missions around business goals and facilitating collaboration on a larger scale. Digital Capability, on the other hand, will focus on the growth and development of individuals within a specific area of expertise area. This dual structure enables us to scale agile practices efficiently while maintaining a focus on both product development and individual skill enhancement.

A Business & Technical Analyst is a multifaceted role that bridges the gap between business needs and technical solutions. This position involves analyzing and translating business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring that the solutions developed meet the business goals and user needs. The role requires a blend of business acumen, understanding of technical architectures, and the ability to communicate effectively with both business stakeholders and technical teams.

You will be at the forefront of implementing innovative solutions and will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies in your field.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Business Requirements Analysis: Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their needs, goals, and objectives. Analyze business processes and workflows to identify improvement opportunities and define requirements for solutions.

• Technical Specification Development: Translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications that guide the development of software applications, systems, or processes. Ensure that these specifications meet both the business needs and technical standards.

• Solution Design and Recommendation: Work with Digital and software development teams to design solutions that fulfill business requirements. Evaluate potential technical solutions for feasibility, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with business objectives.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Serve as a liaison between business units and technical teams to ensure clear communication and understanding of project goals, requirements, and constraints. Facilitate meetings and discussions to gather feedback and consensus.

• Project Management Support: Assist in project management tasks, such as planning, scheduling, and tracking progress. Ensure that projects stay on track to meet deadlines and budget constraints.

• Testing and Quality Assurance: Participate in the testing of developed solutions to ensure they meet the defined requirements and standards. Assist in identifying and documenting bugs or issues for resolution.

• Training and Support: Develop training materials and provide support to users on new systems or applications. Ensure that end-users are equipped to use the new solutions effectively.

• Documentation: Create and maintain documentation related to business requirements, technical specifications, project plans, and reports to ensure knowledge is captured and shared.

Qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, e.g., Computer Science, Data Science

• Demonstrated experience in specific area of digital capability

• Business Process Understanding: Knowledge of key business processes and how enterprise platforms and systems support these processes.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Proficiency in relevant tools and technologies, e.g., ABAP, EDI, XML, is highly beneficial

• Agile and adaptable to changing environments and project scopes.

• Expert knowledge in design, architecting solutions in SAP production planning, plant maintenance, warehouse management (EWM and Stock Room), quality management, logistics execution functionality – inventory management,

• In-depth knowledge of various warehousing and manufacturing automation and integration

• In-depth knowledge of RF scanners SAP integration

• Have more than 8 years of SAP core modules of specialization PP/WM domain experience

• Must have hands-on SAP implementation experience in multiple projects, end-to-end

• Should also have hands on exposure to integration of MM/Logistic execution functions with other modules like FI, CO, SD

• Strong knowledge of integration with MES, MII, LIMS, PAS-X, EBR, Label Printing, and similar other manufacturing related 3rd party systems

• Keep up to date and integrate with SAP innovations and functionalities to bring the latest value to the customers.

• Great Knowledge of technical tools and architecture like ABAP, Gen-AI, ML

• In depth knowledge of Reporting

• Very Strong GxP knowledge

Category PlatformX

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